Civilian Reuse of Former Military Bases. Summary of Completed Military BaseEconomic Adjustment Projects

摘要

Twenty-nine Years of Military Base Reuse Economic Adjustment (1960-1990) haveresulted in the following: Communities nationwide have secured civilian reuse at former Defense bases during the past 29 years (1961-1990); new jobs (158,104) more than replace the loss of former 93,424 DoD civilian jobs at the former bases; A number of four-year colleges and post-secondary vocational technical schools or community colleges have an enrollment of 73, 253 students; Education uses have been established at the former bases with 25,055 high school vo-tech students and 62,156 vocational trainees in addition to the college enrollments above; Forty-two former DoD facilities are being used as Municipal or General Aviation Airports; Civilian reuse at the former military bases has been achieved by the local communities; The role of the 18 member agencies of the President's Economic Adjustment Committee is to help the communities fulfill their local recovery objectives; and Communities can recover effectively from base closures. (rh)